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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 2007
Page
5
A new measure legalizing abortions in Mexico City was published into law on Thursday allowing doctors to begin terminating pregnancies in the first trimester with free services at 14 city hospitals. Residency proof required for most cases, parental consent for girls under 13, and 7 daily procedures per facility.
A midmorning collapse of the electrical grid caused a national blackout across Colombia. Power slowly returned by midday as residents and businesses faced outages, with officials citing an undetermined technical glitch at a Bogota substation as the likely trigger. President Uribe said the outage appeared to affect the entire country. ISA manager Luis Alarcon confirmed the fault began at a Bogota substation and spread nationwide.
Mercury Medical of Clearwater Florida displayed about $100,000 worth of anesthesia machines and other medical goods to Cuban officials at an Alimport hosted event. Cuba praised the quality of American supplies but cited embargo rules that hinder exports. Equipment was donated to Cuba's Health Ministry.
In a parliament state of the nation speech Putin said the next address will be given by another head of state and hinted at choosing a successor, while leaving cloaked hints he may stay behind the scenes. He warned of foreign forces undermining Russia and suspended talks on a non-nuclear forces treaty until NATO ratifies it.
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets toward Israel, one landing in the Mediterranean Sea and the other in southern Israel. There were no injuries. Israeli officials warned they will defend citizens and respond. Mahmoud Abbas urged calm and no raids, while Hamas factions debated renewal of the truce.
Somali government and Ethiopian allies say they defeated insurgents after heavy fighting that killed 58 civilians in Mogadishu. Rights groups put Civilian deaths over 1,000 with up to 400,000 displaced. Western diplomats remain skeptical the worst is over as shots continue in parts of the city.
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